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Perennial Outsiders: The Educational Experience Of Turkish Youth In Germany, Catherine J. Ross

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

60 Years Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: Towards An Individual Responsibility To Protect, Kathleen Renée Cronin-Furman

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Womb, Infertility, And The Vicissitudes Of Kin-Relatedness In Vietnam, Melissa Pashigian

Anthropology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Few Questions About The Social-Obligation Norm, Jedediah Purdy

Faculty Scholarship

Reponse to an article by Gregory S. Alexander, 'The Social-obligation Norm in American Property Law,' in a Special Issue of the Journal on Property Obligation.

Marriage As A Message: Same-Sex Couples And The Rhetoric Of Accidental Procreation, Kerry Abrams, Peter Brooks

Faculty Scholarship

In his dissent in the 2003 case Goodridge v. Department of Health, Justice Robert Cordy of the Massachusetts Supreme Court introduced a novel argument in support of state bans on same-sex marriage: that marriage is an institution designed to create a safe social and legal space for accidental heterosexual reproduction, a space that is not necessary for same-sex couples who, by definition, cannot accidentally reproduce. Since 2003, every state appellate court considering a same-sex marriage case has adopted Justice Cordy's dissent until the recent California Supreme Court decision In Re Marriage Cases. In case after case, courts have held that …

Comparative Law By Numbers? Legal Origins Thesis, Doing Business Reports, And The Silence Of Traditional Comparative Law, Ralf Michaels

Faculty Scholarship

The legal origins thesis -- the thesis that legal origin impacts economic growth and the common law is better for economic growth than the civil law -- has created hundreds of papers and citation numbers unheard of among comparative lawyers. The Doing Business reports -- cross-country comparisons including rankings on the attractiveness of different legal systems for doing business -- have the highest circulation numbers of all World Bank Publications; even critics admit that they have been successful at inciting legal reform in many countries in the world. Yet, traditional comparative lawyers have all but ignored these developments.

The first …

The Practice Of Ethics, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer

Faculty Scholarship

The point of this talk is not to school you in the practice of ethics, but to raise questions about the practice of ethics. There is a standard picture of the practice of ethics that goes like this:

Ethical theory is done in a classroom. It is divided into normative theory, meta-ethics, and descriptive ethics. Students learn to see how the ethics in their society and community works; they learn how to discover true ethical beliefs and sometimes discover them during class. Through meta-ethics, they understand what it is to have an ethical belief. Then –and here comes the practice …

2009 Usd Fact Book, University Of San Diego

USD Fact Books (1985- )

No abstract provided.

Domestication And Significance Of Persea Americana, The Avocado, In Mesoamerica, Amanda J. Landon

Nebraska Anthropologist

The avocado (persea americana) is grown all over the modern world in tropical and subtropical climates for food and cosmetics (Humani 1987). In antiquity, the avocado was important to the Ancient Maya not only for food but also as a part of their mythology. Avocados were grown in sacred gardens, and important ancestors were thought to become reborn through fruit trees, including the avocado. Here, I examine the cultural context of the avocado and the issues related to understanding the domestication of the avocado and other tropical fruit trees. I discuss archaeological and molecular evidence, and offer direction …

A Preliminary Survey Of Lesser-Known Polyandrous Societies, Katie Starkweather

Nebraska Anthropologist

To challenge the common misconception that there are only four societies in the world that allow polyandry, this paper uses types of polyandry, suggested by Levine and Sangree (1980), to identify polyandrous societies from India, Africa, South America, and North America. Basic issues of these societies are examined within the context of four commonly cited attempts to explain the existence of polyandry. The goal of the paper is a preliminary look at the existence of polyandry around the world and an initial exploration of issues that mayor may not be associated with this form of marriage.

The Potential Of Partnerships For Health Advocacy And Policy Change: The Legacy Of The Partnership For The Public’S Health Initiative, Clarissa Hsu, Dave Pearson, Ron Maynard, Carol Cahill, Allen Cheadle

The Foundation Review

· This article reports on a study of 11 partnerships between public health departments and community organizations that were funded by The California Endowment to support advocacy and organizing to improve health outcomes in the communities.

· The evaluation examined the sustainability of the partnerships as well as the policy and advocacy work of the organizations.

· Almost 90 percent of the activities in policy change and community capacity building was sustained, whereas partnership and health department capacity building activities were the least likely to be sustained.

· The policy change legacies at the community level were strong and included …

The Overlooked Epidemic: Addressing Hiv Prevention And Treatment Among Men Who Have Sex With Men In Sub-Saharan Africa, National Aids Control Council Of Kenya, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

Globally, less than 1 out of 20 men who have sex with men (MSM) has access to HIV prevention and care. UNAIDS has estimated that at least 5 to 10 percent of all HIV infections globally occur through male-to-male sexual activity. In spite of the high risk of HIV infection and evidence of extensive sexual networks, national HIV programs in Africa have been slow to address MSM in prevention and treatment efforts. To address these issues, the Population Council and the National AIDS Control Council of Kenya convened a meeting on May 14–15, 2008. The goals of the meeting were …

Sexual Politics And Social Change Commentary, Deborah N. Pearlstein

Connecticut Law Review

Since Alexander Hamilton first wrote of the functional virtues of the presidency in matters of foreign affairs, his claim that a unitary executive is specially blessed with advantages of “[d]ecision, activity, secrecy, and dispatch” has been invoked regularly to argue for a limited role for Congress in national security decision-making, and even more rigorous deference to executive preferences by the courts. The Hamiltonian virtues have proven particularly compelling to a modern set of functionalist scholars, from Bruce Ackerman to John Yoo, who rely on the same metrics of institutional competence to defend executive-heavy security detention programs (and other initiatives) against …

Ms 652 Christian Min/Multi-Cultural Soc, Ricardo Gomez

Syllabi

Nieves, Alvaro L., Roberto J. Priest., eds. This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Scupin, Raymond., ed. Race and Ethnicity: An Anthropological Focus on the United States and the World. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. Woodley, Randy. Living in Color: Embracing GodÕs Passion for Ethnic Diversity. Downer Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004.

Cl 651 Women In Ministry, Zaida Maldonado Perez

Syllabi

• Childers, Jana, Editor. Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on the Creative Process, St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2001. • Clouse & Clouse, Editors. Women in Ministry: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1989. • Granz, Stanley J. and Denise Muir Kjesbo, Women in the Church. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1995. • Keener, Craig S. Paul, Women & Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1992.

Vultures, Hyenas, And African Debt: Private Equity And Zambia, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Although the Donegal court explicitly limited its scrutiny to the legal questions raised by the case rather than questions of morality and humanity, 23 the moral and ethical considerations connected with the activities of vulture investors are significant. This is particularly true in Africa, which in the post-colonial period has experienced poor economic performance in both absolute and relative terms, as well as significant and even increasing levels of poverty.24 Poverty has exacerbated political instability in Africa.25 The political situation in much of the African continent is similarly tenuous, with sub-Saharan African states in many instances serving as exemplars of …

Out Of India: Immigrant Hindus And South Asian Hinduism In The United States, Chad M. Bauman, Jennifer Saunders

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The article provides a survey of research on immigrant Hindus and South Asian Hinduism in the United States, focusing in particular on certain trends in the development of American Hinduism (e.g., Americanization, protestantization, ecumenization, congregationalization, homogenization, ritual adaptation) and prominent themes in more recent scholarship on the topic (e.g., race, transnational connections, and Hindu nationalism).

Jesus Christ As Poetic Symbol: Wilhelm Bousset’S Contribution To The Faith-History Debate, Brent A. R. Hege

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Wilhelm Bousset, a leading member of the religionsgeschichtliche school and author of a seminal work on early Christology, Kyrios Christos, is typically regarded by reviewers of his work as a classic nineteenth-century liberal who sought a secure foundation for faith in the historical Jesus. However, this view of Bousset fails to appreciate the significant development of his theological perspective on the relationship between faith and history, a perspective that underwent a profound shift due to the influence of the English historian Thomas Carlyle and the Kantian philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries. It is the influence of these two figures that enables …

Sibyl 2009, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

A Training Framework And Follow-Up Observations For Multiculturally Inclusive Teaching: Is Believing That We Are Emphasizing Diversity Enough?, Joelle D. Elicker, Mindi N. Thompson, Andrea F. Snell, Allison L. O'Malley

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The authors present a theoretically and empirically grounded training for multiculturally inclusive teaching for new instructors. After implementing this training, qualitative data were gathered from instructors to identify their experience of the training and concerns related to incorporating issues of diversity into their classrooms (Study 1). At the end of the semester immediately following the training, quantitative data were gathered from instructors and their students to examine the interaction between students’ and instructors’ perceived diversity emphasis (Study 2). When allowed to choose the extent to which they incorporated issues of diversity in their classes, the instructors differentially reported emphasizing diversity …

He Speaks Not, Yet He Says Everything; What Of That?: Text, Context, And Pretext In State V. Jeffrey Dahmer, Gregory J. O'Meara S.J.

Faculty Publications

In State v. Dahmer, the defense attempted to lead the jury through a series of inferences to conclude that the defendant was insane at the time he committed each of the fifteen murders charged; it portrayed a client who was fully cooperative and honest once the authorities arrested him. To make this approach work, the defense needed narrative distance between the defendant and the jury so he could not be cross examined about his meticulous planning of each murder or his prior inconsistent statements. This paper briefly lays out the development of the defense of insanity, focusing on the different …

The Old South And Continental Europe : A Transatlantic Conversation, M. Benjamin Gilstrap

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Heraclio Bernal: Bandit Citizen, Amy Robinson

Decimonónica

Shortly after Heraclio Bernal’s much awaited defeat to federal forces in 1888, the Governor of Sinaloa, Francisco Cañedo, referred to the state’s famous outlaw as “el bandido ciudadano” (El Nacional, 10 Jan. 1888).¹ The Mexico City newspaper El Nacional promptly registered their disapproval:

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 35, No. 1, 2009

Journal of Mormon History

ARTICLES

--Eating Vegetables to Build Zion: RLDS Children in the 1920s David J. Howlett, 1

--In the Wake of the Steamboat Nauvoo: Prelude to Joseph Smith’s Financial Disasters Joseph I. Bentley, 23

--“One Long Funeral March”: A Revisionist’s View of the Mormon Handcart Disasters Will Bagley, 50

--James G. Bleak: From London to Dixie Brandon J. Metcalf, 117

--Chief Kanosh: Champion of Peace and Forbearance Edward Leo Lyman, 157

REVIEWS

--Daniel Walker Howe. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 John C. Thomas, 208

--Vern Grosvenor Swanson. Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism’s Sacred Bloodline Scot Denhalter, …

Agricultural Crisis And Biological Well-Being In Mexico, 1730-1835, Amilcar Challú

History Faculty Publications

The article examines how adverse climatic conditions and high food prices influenced the opportunities of peasants in pre-industrial Mexico between 1730 and 1835. Particular attention is paid to data of soldier heights, global climate events, warm-season tree growth, and real food prices to determine how these factors may have affected urban and rural populations. Declines were seen in the general standard of living and average height, while the cost of food increased. It is argued that distribution and acquisition of food has an equal influence on biological well-being as the availability of food at any specific given time.

Islam : Between Message And History, Abdelmadjid Charfi, Abdou Filali-Ansary, Sikeena Karmali Ahmed, David Bond

In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers

This book could easily be called ‘A Guide for the Modern Muslim’, someone for whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a prescriptive education.

Charfi spells out what for him is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad, whom he perceives as a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which he lived. Charfi delineates the message and its history as two separate elements, conflated by tradition.

Charfi confronts with great lucidity …

Encyclopaedias About Muslim Civilisations, Aptin Khanbaghi

Muslim Civilisations Abstracts

Over the past 150 years, numerous encyclopaedias have been produced on Muslim civilisations, both by Muslims and non-Muslims, with different approaches to the organisation of knowledge and understanding of Muslim beliefs, cultures and societies. Access to and knowledge of these reference works and databases have until now been hindered by language barriers. The first volume in the MCA series seeks to overcome this obstacle by presenting material in three languages: English, Arabic and Turkish.

This is a unique reference catalogue containing 200 annotated bibliographies and abstracts of encyclopaedias published during the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Seeking The Common Good: Lutheran Contributions To Global Citizenship, Wanda Deifelt

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Scam-Ing Service-Learning And Mission Trips: A Satirical Essay, Mark Wm. Radecke

Intersections

No abstract provided.

The Specter Of Violence That Haunts The Udhr: The Turn To Ethics And Expertise, Vasuki Nesiah

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.